Executive Summary: The Ninth Circuit has held that the Federal Aviation Act (FAA) preempts state law wrongful termination claims where their resolution would require “the factfinder to intrude upon the federally occupied field of aviation safety by deciding questions of pilot medical standards and qualifications.” Ventress v. Japan Air Lines, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 5821 (9th Cir. Mar. 28, 2014).